Logotype.



No. 65,243. I Patentedlune 5, I900.

F. U. DOWNING & (L A. L. TOTTEN.

'LOGOTYPL 3 (Application filed In. 15, 1899.) (lo 'llodal.)

4 ootliifll UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

FRANCIS URQUHART nownme, or ooLUMnUs, GEORGIA, AND CHARLES ADIEL LEWISTOTTEN, or MILFORD, CONNECTICUT.

LOGOTYPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,243, dated June 5,1900. Application filed March 15, 1899. erial No. 709,159. illo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANOISURQUHART DOW NING, of Columbus, in thecounty of Muscogee and State of Georgia, and CHARLES ADIEL LEWIS TOTTEN,of Milford, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new Improvement in Types, Linotypes, and logotypes; and we dohereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a front View of a logotype embodying our invention; Fig. 2, aplan view thereof; Fig. 8, a side view thereof; Fig. 4, a View in frontelevation of two logotypes embodying our invention as they appear whensetup and justified in a linelike ordinary types for printmg.

Our invention relates to an improvement in fonts for com posing andprinting in numerical languages-such as Greek, Latin, and Hebrew-theobject being to produce a logotype alphabet adjusted to two or moresymbols type by type throughout and adapted to be produced in the usualway employed in typefoundries for the production of ordinary type and tobe put into composition either by hand orby machines, as circumstancesmay dictate.

WVith these ends in view our invention consists in a logotype having abody and a number and one or more alphabetical characters or symbolsarranged one above the other upon the said body, with their faces in thesame plane for simultaneous printing, and each forming when set up apart of a different transverse line of type.

In carrying out our invention as herein shown we employ, in conjunctionwith the usual alphabetical key-letter, two other correlated charactersarranged both above it or both below it, or one above and one below it,whereby its phonetic weight or sound, its corresponding letter or otherequivalent in another language, and particularly its numerical value inuniversal arithmography or numberwriting, are revealed to the readersimultaneously with the ordinary text, which results from employing theusual alphabet by itself. The said symbols or characters and number havetheir faces located in the same plane for simultaneous printing, each ofthe said members when set up forming a part of a different transverseline of type.

For the purposes of illustration we have shown an upper-case logotypefrom a Greek logotype-font, wherein every letter is numerical andlikewise has an equivalent English or phonetic value. This logotype willbe seen to comprise a body, the English letter H, which is thekey-letter, the Greek letter E, (Eta,) and the Arabic numeral.8,representing the numerical values of the correlated letters H and E. Thefaces of the said letter H, the Greek letter E, and the Arabic numeral 8arelocated in the same plane for simultaneous printing, so that eachmember of the logotype when set up will form a part of a differenttransverse line of type. It will be obvious that printing from theselogotypic alphabets will appear to be made up of three separate lines ofsuccessive compositions in English letters, Greek letters, and Arabicfigures; It will also be clear that since each type-body possesses itsthree separate members the employment of our logotypes effects thedesired result mechanically and without the factor of error which mustalways exist in other methods of composition (as by several transverselines subsequently adj usted to each other) due to the personal equationof the compositor. It thereforefollows that the employment of logotypesembodying our invention simplifies the compositors and proof-readerslabors and eliminates the risk of error, whether the work of compositionis done by hand or machine, for by virtue of our invention'we do awaywith three separate lines of type, two separate justifications, andgenerally two proof-readings. In fact, in most cases we accomplish theadjusted and perfected dual, triple, or multiple line by one operationof composition and of one proofreading.

The principle above described is also applicable to the production ofour improved logotypic fonts in any numerical language, as Hebrew,Latin, &c., which does not require 5 illustration.

Having described our invention, What we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

A logotype having a body and a number 10 and one or more alphabeticalcharacters or symbols arranged one above the other upon the said bodywith their faces in the same plane for simultaneous printing, and each Iforming, when set up, a part of a diiferent transverse line of type.

FRANCIS URQUHART DOWNING. CHARLES ADIEL LEWIS TOTTEN.

Witnesses'as to signature of Francis Urquhart Downing:

T. W. BATES, J. K. HINDE. Witnesses as to signature of Charles A. L.Totten:

F. II. PALMER, S. D. SMITH.

